Word: moser
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Deutscher Verein will give this year as its annual play "Der Veilchenfresser," by Gustav von Moser. The following preliminary cast has been arranged: von Rembach, colonel and in command of a fort, F. W. Cloud '05 Valeska, his daughter, W. H. Chase '04 Sophie von Wildenheim, a widow, F. H. Osgood '04 Frau von Berndt, G. W. D. H. Gribble '06 Victor von Berndt, officer of Hussars, her nephew, P. B. Robinson '03 Reinhard von Feldt, referendary, W. E. Sachs '04 Frau von Belling, O. R. Koechl '05 Herr von Golewski, T. Ybarra '05 Herr von Schlegel, H. F. Schwartz...
...Veilchenfresser," one of Moser's most famous plays, is a modern comedy whose aim is to satirize the levity of German officers and military circles in general. The author shows, however, that underneath the frivolous exterior, these officers have the most genuine ideals. The action of the play centres about Victor von Berndt, who is nicknamed the "Veilchenfresser," or violet eater, from his habit of sending violets to all his passing loves. Owing to the elaborate scenery which will be used, it has been found necessary to shorten the play from four to three acts...
...Deutscher Verein will produce this year at its annual performance a comedy by Gustav von Moser, entitled "Der Veilchenfresser." It will be necessary to make a few slight alterations in the play before it can be acted, but the piece will remain substantially as it was originally written. The parts will be assigned before the mid-years, and rehearsing will begin directly after the examinations. There will be one public performance in Cambridge, at Brattle Hall on April 2, and one in Boston at Union Hall on April...
...made seventy-two before reaching Tahiti. By means of the soundings, the depths of the unexplored parts of the Pacific were ascertained and the basins located. Mr. Agassiz suggested in his letter that the deepest and largest of these basins, found in the Central Pacific, be named the "Moser Basin...